Each year we give startups a platform to launch new services during The Next Web Conference (8 days left, some tickets left). Eighteen companies will get the chance to show their company on the main stage to a worldwide audience consisting of the Jury of Experts, industry journalists, VC’s, bloggers, potential users, potential exit partners and the thousands of people who watch the on-demand videos afterwards.
You can imagine that this is an important moment for the selected startups.

Microsoft BizSpark teamed up with The Next Web to make this happen (Thank you!)The editorial team of TNW has been reviewing startups for weeks, watched secret video presentations of the startups and did interviews with the semi finalists to go from 203 submissions to the final 18 that will launch new stuff next week. The quality of the competing startups goes up each year, it was never so difficult to make a selection.

We’re very excited to present the 18 finalists of The Next Web Startup Rally powered by BizSpark (in no particular order):

Bossa StudiosPitch: Making the ‘social networking games are not really games’ debate totally irrelevant.Tag: Social GamingRemark: Launching at TNW Conference

MoqeePitch: Taking social video curation to the next level.Tag: VideoRemark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference

CreateplaceadsPitch: The easiest way to create and place ads in tomorrow’s newspaper or magazine.Tag: PrintRemark: Launching at TNW Conference

OpenmarginPitch: The margin of a book made public domain for readers to exchange annotations and engage in a meaningful dialogue.Tag: eReadingRemark: Launching at TNW Conference

SqueeqlyPitch: Identify top influencers and reward them with discounts for generating word of mouth about you!Tag: Social commerceRemark: International launch at TNW Conference

WosjuPitch: It’s not about who you know – but how well you know them #socialgraph #trust #curatedsearchTag: Social NetworkingRemark: Launching at TNW Conference

CleengPitch: Publisher generate incremental revenues on top of advertising and subscriptions with CleengTag: MediaRemark: Launching new stuff at TNW Conference

SilkPitch: Silk lets you easily add meaning to content while creating it, allowing people to search, aggregate and visualize it in powerful new ways.Tag: Semantic webRemark: Launching at TNW Conference

Well over a thousand people from all over the world that share a passion for the mobile and Internet scene will attend The Next Web Conference next week. For 3 days, and right before the famous Dutch national holiday Queensday, Amsterdam is the place to be for people and businesses that shape the future of the web. Grab a ticket, while they last.